An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893
DR. T.W. SLOAN, medical practitioner in the city of Seattle, was born in Polk
county, Tennessee, July 30, 1848. His parents, James and Susan (Brown) Sloan,
were natives of the same State, their ancestors being among the pioneer settlers
of that country. Agriculture being the occupation of the family, the subject of
this review was reared upon the farm and educated in the schools of the
locality. He then engaged in teaching, thereby securing funds which enabled him
to pursue his medical studies. In 1874 he entered the office of his brother,
F.B. Sloan, M. D., of Middle Tennessee, and in 1875 entered the medical
department of the University of Louisville, graduating therefrom in 1877. He
commenced the practice of his profession in Monroe county, Tennessee, and
continued until the spring of 1880, when he came to the Territory of Washington,
first locating at Walla Walla, and following a general practice until 1884. He
then removed to Wasco county, Oregon, and, locating a farm, engaged in the stock
business; also continuing his profession as opportunity offered. With the
organization of Gilliam county Dr. Sloan's ranch fell therein, and his practice
was followed in and about Arlington up to 1888, when continued drought and
failure of crops drove him from that country. He then came to Seattle, opened an
office, and has continued in the regular line of his profession, devoting his
time chiefly to family practice. He was a heavy loser in the fire of 1889, as
not even his wearing apparel was saved. He escaped with merely the clothes upon
his back. Still, by perseverance and attendance to business, he has secured a
lucrative patron age. The Doctor was married in Gilliam county, Oregon, in 1887,
to Mrs. Rose (Utley) Tripp, a native of Michigan.
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in January 2004 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
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